Eu fico mais calmo depois de falar com você.

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Breakdown of Eu fico mais calmo depois de falar com você.

• você: you
• com: with
• depois de: after

Questions & Answers about Eu fico mais calmo depois de falar com você.

Why is fico used here instead of sou or estou?

Ficar often means to become, to get, or to end up in a state.

So eu fico mais calmo means something like:

• I get calmer
• I become calmer
• I feel calmer

That is different from:

• eu sou calmo = I am a calm person (general characteristic)
• eu estou calmo = I am calm (current state)

In this sentence, the idea is that talking to the person changes your state, so ficar is very natural.

Does eu fico mais calmo mean I get calmer or I am calmer?

It can suggest both, depending on context, but the main idea is a change of state:

• I get calmer
• I feel calmer
• I’m calmer

Portuguese often uses ficar + adjective where English might use get, become, or sometimes just be.

So even if the meaning shown to the learner is I feel calmer after talking to you, fico still makes perfect sense.

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